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Comparison of symptoms at CIF presentation between soft and hard failures.
| p-value | Hard failures (n = 25) |
Soft failures (n = 26) |
Symptoms |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.47 | 10 (40%) | 13 (50%) | Poor progression |
| 0.03 | 1 (4%) | 10 (39%) | Headache or local pain |
| 0.06 | 1 (4%) | 9 (35%) | Tinnitus |
| 0.03 | 0 | 8 (31%) | Dizziness |
| 0.17 | 1 (4%) | 4 (15%) | Facial stimulation |
| 0.17 | 1 (4%) | 4 (15%) | Refusal to use the external unit |
| 0.14 | 7 (28%) | 3 (12%) | Disconnections |
CIF: cochlear implant failures.
